SpaceX reviews

The work environment is very fast paced. The average age of the SpaceX team is well under 30. Groups are typically very small and each individual engineer has a huge amount of responsibility. It is very nice as an engineer to have such a large amount of control over your project and to make large impacts on the flight vehicle design. You will be exposed to a wide variety of projects which keeps work interesting and you learning as an engineer. Engineers are responsible for their parts from conception to flight - making CAD models, doing analysis, making drawings, and working with the manufacturing and production teams. Engineers are very unlikely to be pigeon-holed into a specific tasks for years on end. As the company is growing in size it has managed to keep much of the small company feel within the engineering groups. In addition most peoples hours have been scaled back to 50-60/week, but it can still jump to 80+ in crunch time. Working as an engineer at Spacex is really about working with a bunch really bright people to build some awesome hardware and send it to space. You will have to make some sacrifices to do so but being part of such an incredible endeavor is worth it.

Work at Spacex is demanding but rewarding. There are few if any other places in the world where you'll find the opportunities Spacex offers. Highlights include: -Incredible opportunities to design, analyze, test and build flight hardware. All in an extremely short time frame, especially for aerospace. Get to truly see your projects cradle to grave. -Unsurpassed learning pace. Easily the fastest I've ever learned. Given the pace of progress and the flexibility expected from engineers you will learn a wide skill set very quickly. -Range of projects. Most employees aren't be doing the same thing every day. Many opportunities to run analysis, conduct testing, manufacture R&D parts, concept designs etc. etc. -Rockets are built in the same building. Very tight feedback loop between engineering and production. Go walk 100ft and see your parts being built or the problem item in person. -Company culture. Relaxed but very motivated with get-things-done attitude. Casual dress code. Silicone valley inspired perks, free coffee, froyo, subsidized food etc. -Company is overall pretty young and most employees are like-minded and amiable.